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midinette

/ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt/

midinette noun: a female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.

Noun

midinette (plural midinettes)

  1. A female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.
  2. A vacuous but fashionable young woman.
    • This? One finds them in every other midinette’s haunt, literally for sous.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 611
  3. A type of miniature climbing rose.

Forms of midinette

pluralmidinettes

Origin of midinette

Borrowed from French midinette, from midi (“midday”) + dinette, diminutive of diner (“dinner”).

Words that rhyme with midinette

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Questions about midinette

What does midinette mean?
Midinette means a female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.
What part of speech is midinette?
Midinette is a noun.
How do you pronounce midinette?
Midinette is pronounced /ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt/.
What is the plural of midinette?
The plural of midinette is midinettes.

Words near midinette in the dictionary

  1. Midianitish
  2. midibus
  3. midibuses
  4. mididress
  5. mididresses
  6. midinette
  7. midinettes
  8. midinfrared
  9. midinterval
  10. midintervals
  11. midinterview

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